LBJ's Texas White House

Hal K. Rothman was a leading historian of the American West, especially of the environment in the West, and he taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He served as editor of the journal Environmental History and wrote many books and articles on western and environmental history. His book Devil's Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth Century American West received the Western Writers of America's Spur Award for Best Contemporary Non-Fiction in 1999.

By centering imaginatively around the ranch and its environs in that unique American region of the Hill Country of Texas, Rothman offers a useful approach to understanding the always fascinating Lyndon Johnson."" - Journal of American History""Rothman does a good job of proving the importance of the home place' in the America of the 1960s. . . . Johnson wanted a place where he could be biggest and always right, and the ranch was–and during his five-year presidency became even more so that place."" - Wichita Falls Times Record News""Mr. Rothman does a nice job of explaining the politics of place, as well as describing the appeal of life on the LBJ Ranch."" - The Dallas Morning News